Shingle-packer.



No. 693,783. Patented Feb. I8, I902.

F. CAMPBELL.

SHINGLE PACKER.

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FRANK CAMPBELL, OF HAYNESVILLE, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE IHIRD TO FRANK A.PEABODY, OF HOULTON, MAINE.

SHENGLE- -PACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,783, dated February18, 1902.

Application filed October 25, 1901. Serial No. 79,941. (No model.)

T0 to whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK CAMPBELL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Haynesville, in the county of Aroostook and State ofMaine, have invented a new and Improved Shingle-Packer, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for packing shinglesin bundles; and the object is to provide a machine of simpleconstruction by means of which the shingles may be rapidly packed orbundled preparatory to tying the same.

I will describe a shingle-packer embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shinglepacker embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a sideelevation.

The frame of the machine comprises the upper corner-posts 1 and thelower cornerposts 2. be provided with caster wheels or trucks, so thatit may be easily moved from one place to another. Extended between theupper and lower corner-posts are the bed-rails 3, which are inclineddownward and forward, so as to permit of the easy removal of a bundle ofshingles. The posts 1 are extended above the bed-rails, and these upwardextensions are connected by a headboard 4, while a tail-board 5 extendsbetween the upwardlyextended portions of the corner posts 2. Theseportions of the corner-posts above the bed-rails are inclined relativelyto their lower portionsthat is, they are arranged at right angles to thebed-rails 3, so as to bring the head and tail boards in line with thebuttends of the shingles. The tail-board 5 is designed to be removedwhen a bundle of shingles is to be removed from the machine. Thereforeone of the posts 2 has its upper section 6 hinged to the lower section,and this section 6 is provided with a channel to receive one end of theboard 5, while the other end is seated in a channel formed in the up- Iffound desirable, the frame mayv per extension of the opposite post. Thesection 6 is held in position by means, as here shown, of a hook 7,pivoted to one of the posts 2 and engaging with a pin on said swingingsection 6.

Mounted in hearings on the side rails 8 of nected to arms 13, whichextend downward and engage with crank members 145 on the rock-shaft 9and extended in an opposite direction to the cranks 10. Therefore whenthe rock-shaft is operated the prcsser-bars 11 will be moved upward,while the presser 12 is moved downward.

Mounted to swing on the rails 3 are side guides 15, and attached to oneend of the rock-shaft is an operating-lever 16, having a plate 17,designed to engage with the teeth of a rack 18, secured to a side rail19 on the machine-frame.

The bundle-ejector consists of a cross-head 20, mounted on theupwardly-extended arm 21 of a lever 22, mounted in the machineframe.This lever 22 is pivoted to a standard 23, mounted on a center beam 24.

In operation after placing the binder in the notches formed in the upperends of the presser-bars 11 the shingles are to be arranged in layers inthe usual manner, with the butts of course extending outward. At thistime the guides 15 are to be raised to vertical position, as indicatedin Fig. 3. After completing the several layers of shingles and placingthe top binder in position the presser-bar 12 is to be swung forwardover the center on said binder, and then by operating the rockshaft 9 bymeans of the lever 16 the pressing devices will be operated to force theshingles at the center of the bundle closely together. Before this isdone, however, the side guides 15 are to be swung downward, as indicatedin Fig. 1. After the pressing the tying cord or strap is to be securedatits ends at each side of the binder in any desired manner. After suchtying the'lever 16 is to be released from the rack 18, permitting thepresser-bar,

12 to be swung forward and the presser-bar 11 to be moved downward uponrocking the shaft 9. Then by releasing the section 6 of the corner-postand removing the tail-board the bundle of shingles may be raised, so asto slide outward, by a downward pressure on the forward end of the lever22, which, of course, will cause the cross-head to move upward againstthe under side of the bundle of shingles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1 1. A shingle-packer comprising a frame, havinginclined bed-rails, upper corner-posts having portions extended abovethe bed-rails and at right angles thereto, a headboard attached to saidupward extensions, lower corner-posts having portions extended above thebed-rails and at right angles thereto, the upward extension of one lowerpost being mounted to swing, a footboard removably held between theupward extensions of the lower post, means for locking the swingingportion of the post, an upper presser-bar, a lower presser-bar, andmeans for operating said bars, substantially as specified.

2. A shingle-packer comprising a frame having inclined bed-rails, uppercorner-posts having portions extended abovethe bed-rails and at rightangles thereto, a headboard attached to said upward extensions, lowercorner-posts having portions extended above the bed-rails and at rightangles thereto, the u pward extension of one lower post being mounted toswing, a footboard removably 3 held between the upward extensions of thelower post, means for locking the swinging portion of the post, an upperpresser-bar, a lower presser-bar, means for operating said bars, and anejector for moving packed shingles from the packer, substantially asspecifi'ed.

3. A shingle-packer, comprising a frame, inclined bed-rails in saidframe, a headboard extended above said rails, a removable footboard, arock-shaft mounted in the frame and having oppositely-extended crankportions, presser-bars connected to crank portions of the shaft andmovable through openings in the bed-rails, an upper presser-bar, armsextended from said upper presser-bar to conn ection with others of saidcrank portions and arranged to swing toward the outlet end of thepacker, and an operating-lever connected with the rock-shaft,substantiallyas specified.

4:. A shingle-packer, comprising a frame, inclined bed-rails in theupper portion of said frame, a headboard, a removable footboard, sideguides mounted to swing on the bed-rails, lower presser-bars, an upperpresser-bar, and means for operating the upper and lower presser-barssimultaneouslyin opposite directions, substantiallyas specified.

5. A shingle-packer, comprising a frame, inclined bed-rails in saidframe, upper and lower pressing-bars, and an ejector comprising across-head and a lever on which the cross-head is carried, substantiallyas speci fied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK CAMPBELL. Witnesses:

JOHN C. MCINTYRE, CHARLES A. EATON.

